For the first time, UCLA is offering a Korean language summer course for high school students of Korean heritage. Students will have the opportunity to spend four weeks through […]
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New York’s Russian-Language Math Test Includes Korean Questions Due to Glitch
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com About 200 eighth-grade students in New York might have to retake their state’s standardized math exam after a glitch mistakenly printed some of […]
South Korean and Japanese Students Talk About English-Language Education
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com On this side of the Pacific, we often hear about our friends and peers heading over to Asia to teach English. But […]
North and South Korea Face Increasing Linguistic Gap
Pictured above: North Korean defector Pak Mi-ok speaks during an interview in Seoul. (AP Photo/Hyung-Jin Kim) by HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — On one side […]
Study Finds Students Give Lower Ratings to Asian Instructors on ‘Rate My Professors’
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com No one hates Rate My Professors more than professors, who claim that the website can lead to unfair ratings. Many students, however, […]
New King Sejong Institute at University of Iowa Brings Korean Culture to Midwest
by JAMES S. KIM When King Sejong brought introduced the Korean alphabet, or Hangeul, in the 15th century, he probably didn’t think his name would be etched somewhere in the […]
Viral Video Alert: How Languages Sound to Foreigners
When we don’t understand a language, our minds naturally focus on things outside of comprehension. We focus on how the dialect sounds. We notice the accents, the tongue rolling, […]
Asian Woman Kicked Out of McDonalds Because of Her English Skills
Receipts for Asian customers labeled “Ching Chong”, music videos that insult and stereotype our women, people ranting on the internet about how Asians annoy them – Yup, we’ve […]
Lost in Translation: 14 Amazing Asian Words with No English Equivalent
With over 170,000 words in current use, the English language is pretty expansive. But to believe that it (or any other language for that matter) can express every emotion, […]
